US HISTORY by https://padlet.com/rishitakanwar/ci90yfyzf0xpzx4l en-us 2025-06-18 11:33:56 UTC 2025-06-18 12:01:20 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4d4.png WHO? rishitakanwar https://padlet.com/rishitakanwar/ci90yfyzf0xpzx4l/wish/3494576261 Women and largely immigrants and even children made up most of the working class in the Progressive Era. They were largely from Southern and Eastern Europe, having immigrated in search of a good life but ending up in dangerous low-wage jobs. African Americans and rural Americans also went into the labor force, notably in the North.

]]> 2025-06-18 11:39:10 UTC https://padlet.com/rishitakanwar/ci90yfyzf0xpzx4l/wish/3494576261 WHAT? rishitakanwar https://padlet.com/rishitakanwar/ci90yfyzf0xpzx4l/wish/3494578145 They worked long hours (10–14 hours/day), six days a week, at repetitive, backbreaking jobs in factories, mines, textile mills, railroads, and steel mills.
Wages were extremely low, and working conditions were nonexistent or poor. Injuries were common.

]]> 2025-06-18 11:42:13 UTC https://padlet.com/rishitakanwar/ci90yfyzf0xpzx4l/wish/3494578145 WHERE? rishitakanwar https://padlet.com/rishitakanwar/ci90yfyzf0xpzx4l/wish/3494581727 Mainly in developing industrial urban centers like New York, Chicago, Pittsburgh, and Detroit. The majority lived in crowded tenement buildings with poor sanitation and little fresh air.

]]> 2025-06-18 11:46:45 UTC https://padlet.com/rishitakanwar/ci90yfyzf0xpzx4l/wish/3494581727 WHEN? rishitakanwar https://padlet.com/rishitakanwar/ci90yfyzf0xpzx4l/wish/3494581976

  • Roughly 1870s to 1920s, during America’s rapid industrial growth and massive immigration waves.

    • ]]>     2025-06-18 11:47:08 UTC https://padlet.com/rishitakanwar/ci90yfyzf0xpzx4l/wish/3494581976     WHY? rishitakanwar https://padlet.com/rishitakanwar/ci90yfyzf0xpzx4l/wish/3494584448 America was turning into an industrial powerhouse, and factory owners needed cheap labor to gain maximum returns. Immigrants would take lower pay since they had fewer options and needed to feed families.

    ]]>     2025-06-18 11:50:30 UTC https://padlet.com/rishitakanwar/ci90yfyzf0xpzx4l/wish/3494584448     IMPACT rishitakanwar https://padlet.com/rishitakanwar/ci90yfyzf0xpzx4l/wish/3494587437 Unfavorable circumstances led to tensions among labor, protests, and the formation of unions. Employees started to call for shorter working days, improved wages, and safer workplaces. Events like the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire shocked the public and forced legislators into passing workplace safety laws.
    The working class was the focal point of the labor movement; their fight formed the foundation for workers' rights that we have today

    ]]>     2025-06-18 11:54:00 UTC https://padlet.com/rishitakanwar/ci90yfyzf0xpzx4l/wish/3494587437     the working class rishitakanwar https://padlet.com/rishitakanwar/ci90yfyzf0xpzx4l/wish/3494589735 2025-06-18 11:57:29 UTC https://padlet.com/rishitakanwar/ci90yfyzf0xpzx4l/wish/3494589735 the working class rishitakanwar https://padlet.com/rishitakanwar/ci90yfyzf0xpzx4l/wish/3494592068 2025-06-18 12:00:52 UTC https://padlet.com/rishitakanwar/ci90yfyzf0xpzx4l/wish/3494592068